Evil Duke, Please Be Gentle!

"My lord, you have to hold a fork in that hand. For the spoon use the other hand." Andrew shook his head when he saw a frown forming on the face of Ethan who did not understand why he needed to follow so many formalities just for eating some boiled peas.

"That's not it! You have to change spoons when you change the dishes. That is!"

"Clatter!" Ethan threw the fork as he picked up the plate and ate the whole dish with a spoon without caring how the woman was passing her stern glance and glaring at him in the end.

"I did not understand why eating had so many rules. I am not passing the academy exam with my eating habits!" he clarified as he picked up the spoon again and started eating the rest of his meal, making the woman dumbfounded.

"You! You! That is it. I quit. You are worse than the toddlers I have taught before." looking at Ethan as if she would murder him with his looks.

"That was because they were born that way while i am a commoner! I have lived my whole life fighting for a loaf of bread!" he snapped back as he could not understand the fuss.

He had never seen such a sumptuous meal before yet the woman was not letting him eat!

"Ha!" without turning back, the woman left with a look of disdain on her face.

"Did you see that?" Adele rolled her eyes as she looked away. Of course the man did not know the etiquettes of a noble, he was a commoner through and through. What was Andrew trying to prove by showing her his flaws?

It was not like Ethan was her prospective husband that she frowned and complained that he was not worth her.

"He would take time to learn and no matter how many times you would show me that he grew up as a commoner it would not change the fact that he was son of a duke.

I did not understand why you coaxed me so much for giving him to you when you did not want him to meet his family in the first place." she snapped as all the nervousness of her popped out.

She was speechless at the pettiness of this man. She never knew anyone had the talent to piss her off when she was this calm due to her cunning behavior.

Andrew pursued her lips and crossed his arms as he looked away. He could not refute her since he was having second thoughts in bringing that man.

The more he thought about hurting Eli, his heart pains.

He wanted to comfort her in his arms, but he knew that she would not give him a chance.

He still remembers how she had jerked him away a few days ago.

The knock on the door brought both of them back to reality as a messenger entered when Andrew nodded his head.

"Your highness, duke.. I mean lord Thawyne is here. He is requesting an audience." the messenger replied with an embarrassed face when Andrew's eyes instinctively moved towards the glass from where he could see Ethan having his fill with a face full of content and sighed.

He knew that it was going to come but he had not thought that it would be so fast.

"Yes! Send him in." The messenger was taken aback for a minute. Even Adele's head snapped back to him with shock.

"Why? Yes! My lord." bowing the messenger left in a hurry when Adele stood up to leave with hurried steps.

"Where do you think you are going? Huh!" with a face full of grievance she turned to look back at him when he stared back at her coldly.

"What do you mean? I am giving you space. Do you want to meet the father of your love with your fiance beside you?" she asked with the expressions that were asking if he was crazy when his eyes narrowed at her face.

"Do not try to act smart. The duke is asking for an explanation and you are the one who needs to do it.

This is the time that you will face the truth." his cold and stern voice showing that he was not going to give in no matter what she would say made her worried.

"Are you forgetting that we are in the palace? What if your father finds out about everything? He would kill both of us." from the time Adele had started living here, she had noticed how his majesty was cold towards his own son as if he was an enemy.

"You do not need to worry about it. I am prepared for everything. Now stop making excuses and sit here." he held her hands and pulled her just then the door opened and Duke came in.

The calm expression of the man turned ugly in an instant as his eyes narrowed on their entwined hands. The way Adele's body was inclined towards Andrew, the both were looking in a very intimate position.

"If you are busy, I will come later!" With every word shot as a dagger, the man passed him a cold glance as he turned to leave with his gnashing teeth.

The nerve of this crown prince!

"No! Wait!" Andrew stood up with a start making Adele stumble on her feet. She was so stunned that she realized she had not moved away as the duke was shooting daggers at her.

"Wait a minute, lord. You are here for an important question. Are you sure you are leaving because of a small understanding?

Do you not want to meet him before leaving." Andrew ran behind the duke who was leaving without even giving another glance to the room but the man did not stop.

As if he could not hear the loud voice of the crown prince.

"He was in the same room where you were, do you really not want to see him?"